The stunning wage obtained by the solid of Movie star Traitors has been revealed after the primary two episodes of the present have aired.
The BBC present has for the primary time launched a celebrity-focused spin off that rivals I’m A Movie star for probably the most star-studded solid of a UK actuality present ever.
Regardless of some followers being left dissatisfied by the primary episode and others obsessing over the ‘worst traitor ever’, the present has thus far been a large success.
The premiere episode of the Traitors spin-off drew in a large six million viewers, greater than some other episode of the present bar the season three finale.
With the second episode seeing a serious face killed off, some followers will likely be questioning if a producer someplace is tearing their hair out as a result of they paid somebody enormous quantities of cash to seem in simply two episodes.
Surprisingly, although, the solid of Movie star Traitors have a really totally different construction of wage to exhibits like I’m A Celeb the place they’re paid relying on how well-known they’re.
This construction was in comparison with Movie star Traitors by Richard Osman and Marina Hyde on the podcast The Relaxation is Leisure.
She mentioned: “It is definitely fascinating to match one thing like Movie star Traitors on the BBC to I am a Movie star on ITV.”
Talking previous to the episodes being aired she mentioned: “Though we have not seen the celeb iteration but, however we all know it is gonna be large. Take a look at the calibre of the individuals they obtained.
“They had been capable of pay everyone a blanket £40k payment, proper? I’m spilling all my tea right this moment. They’re paying them a £40k payment.”
In comparison with the final season of I’m A Movie star that noticed Coleen Rooney absorb £1.5 million and former iterations that noticed Nigel Farage rake in the identical payment, it’s a very totally different construction of fee for all of the celebs to be paid the identical.
Fortunately although, the place Movie star Traitors has the benefit is that – in contrast to I’m A Movie star – various celebs have spoken about how a lot they wished to seem on Movie star Traitors.
Sir Stephen Fry, when requested about showing on the present previous to its launch, mentioned: “With this, I’ve by no means finished something prefer it earlier than. I simply thought it could be a brand new expertise.
“All people saved telling me it was an excellent present and it sounded fascinating. I watched and I needed to agree, I did assume it was superb.”
With the huge 19-person solid record for Movie star Traitors this does complete as much as a whopping £760,000, however many will argue this has already paid for itself.
The primary two episodes have seen the BBC unafraid of treating the celeb contestants the identical as common ones, with the celebs pressured to dig their very own graves within the very first activity of all the present.
Movie star Traitors airs Wednesday and Thursday nights at 9pm on BBC One.
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